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butane

occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels

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Six example sentences with butane, each labelled with its topic.

  • The chef refills a small blue canister of butane before every service so the tableside burner never dies.

    Cooking

  • Airlines forbid campers from packing butane cartridges in checked luggage because pressurized holds can heat them dangerously.

    Travel

  • Cooling the mixture to minus one degree liquefies butane, which then pours cleanly into the calibrated sample flask.

    Science

  • A pocket lighter holds liquid butane under mild pressure, and the flame dies the instant the valve closes.

    Technology

  • Many new refrigerators use butane as the coolant because it does far less damage to the climate than the older gases.

    Environment

  • Rural households heat with bottled butane, so a winter price spike hits the poorest villages first and hardest.

    Economics

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